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"Footnote on the presence of the body in art If the poem is a presentation of the body, then it is a by-form of narcissistic display; being a female poet is like being an actress or a nightclub singer. Lord lord. Cant I be something else? Like a construction worker? Though as soon as I say that though I think 'no'. 'I want to be the perfect prostitiute - seductive, dexterous, skilled and able to please. And have every valuable out of your pocket before you wake up. I never loved you anyway rememember?' (so it seems AD has a point?!) The hot spectrum between narcissism and shame accounts for a disproportionate share of failure in poetry. and might be precisely where it is possible to intervene with a practice? (At least it is interesting, unlike the idea of separating language from grammar, or mind from body!) Liz